Smoking pipe



May 15, 1934. w. H. I EVELLSy SMOKING PIPE Filed Feb. 1, 193s PatentedMay 15, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a pipe, the general object of the inventionbeing to form the bowl of the pipe in such a manner that there is butlittle danger of the wind throwing ashes or burning tobacco into thesmokers face and to provide means for preventing moisture and burningtobacco juices from entering the mouth of the user.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure l is a sectional view through the improved pipe.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the removable member.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In these views, the numeral 1 indicates the bowl of the pipe, thenumeral 2 the stem thereof, and the numeral 3 indicates the stem of themouthpiece. The upper end of the bowl slopes downwardly toward themouthpiece as shown at 4 and the front Wall of the bowl curves upwardlyand rearwardly as shown at 5 so that this construction of the bowlprevents ashes and burning tobacco from being blown into the face of theuser while motoring or walking in a strong wind.

A socket 6 extends from the end of the stem 2 towards the bowl and asmall passage I connects the lower part of the bowl with the forward endof this socket. A tubular member 8 ts in this socket and has its forwardend rounded to correspond with the inner end of the socket and this endof the member has an opening 9 therein which registers with the passage7. The outer end of the member 8 is internally screw threaded to receivea part of a threaded plug 10 which is threaded in an enlarged end of thepassage 11 of the mouthpiece 3. This member or plug 10 is formed withthe passage 12 which forms a continuation of the mouthpiece passage andthe front end of this plug 10 is reduced as shown at 14 which is locatedin the member 8 and has its wall spaced from the internal walls of saidmember 8, and the end of this reduced part is closed as shown.

A slot 15 is formed in the top of the reduced part so that smoke canenter the passage 12 and this slot is covered by a screen or gauze 16which has its edges passing through slots 17 in the side Walls of thereduced part 14 which converge up Wardly as shown in Fig. 4. Thus thisstrip of gauze can be readily removed and replaced by a new one,whenever desired, as it is removably held in place by the slots 17.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the smoke will pass from thebowl through the passage '7 into the chamber formed by the member 8,this chamber acting to hold any moisture or juices from the tobacco. Thesmoke must pass to the top of the chamber and then pass down- Wardlythrough the gauze and the slot 15 into the passage 12 and then into thepassage 11 so that the smoke is dry and free of moisture when it entersthe mouth of the user. The parts can be separated by removing the plug10 from the member 8 so that they can be readily cleaned and a new stripof gauze put in place when necessary and the plug 10 can be removed fromthe mouthpiece 3 Whenever desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isz- A pipe ofthe class described comprising a bowl having a stem provided with asocket in its free end and a passage connecting the socket with thechamber in the bowl, a tubular member located in the socket andfrictionally held therein and having an opening therein registering withthe passage in the stem of the bowl, a plug partly threaded in the outerend of the tubular member and having a reduced part spaced from thewalls of the tubular member with the inner end of said part closed, saidreduced part having an opening in its upper portion, and a pair of slotsin its side portions, one on each side of the opening, a mouthpiecethreaded to the plug, and a strip of gauze passing over the opening andhaving its end portions passing through the slots whereby said strip ofgauze is removably held in position.

WILLIAM H. LEVELLS.

